While Christmas Day isn’t a public holiday in Japan, the glitch nevertheless came during the peak winter travel season when many people take time off. — Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP
Japan Airlines Co. said it has resumed ticket sales for international and domestic flights after resolving a system malfunction caused by a cyberattack on Thursday morning.
Ticket sales are back up and running after being halted as a result of the incident, the airline said in a statement at 2:19pm Tokyo time. Systems have been restored without any leakage of customer data, and there is no virus damage, the company said.
